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FXUS63 KJKL 022325
AFDJKL
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
725 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2015
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 712 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2015
BROAD AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN CONTROL ACROSS MUCH OF THE
OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEY INCLUDING EASTERN KY THIS EVENING. THIS
IS LEADING TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION WITH A
FEW LOCATIONS STILL SEEING SOME FAIR WEATHER CU. RIGHT NOW
FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK WITH SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO LATEST
OBS AND TRENDS.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 330 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2015
AFTERNOON SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A BROAD AREA OF SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE CENTERED ALONG THE KY/WV BORDER. THIS IS ALONG FOR MOSTLY
SUNNY TO SUNNY SKIES ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN KY THIS AFTERNOON.
THERE ARE A FEW DIURNALLY DRIVEN CU SHOWING UP ON VIS SAT...BUT
THESE ARE FAIR WEATHER CU. THIS WILL MAKE FOR A QUIET AND CALM
NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN KY WITH THAT WILL ALSO COME THE FOG
POTENTIAL OVERNIGHT. THINK THIS WILL BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE
SEEN THE PAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS WITH MOSTLY RIVER VALLEYS AND
LOCATIONS CLOSER TO LARGER BODIES OF WATER SEEING THE BETTER FOG
POTENTIAL. THEREFORE ADJUSTED FORECAST GRIDS IN THAT DIRECTION.
THIS HIGH WILL GENERALLY SHIFT EAST OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY.
NOW FOR MONDAY WE ARE CONTINUING TO WATCH A COLD FRONT TO THE NW
THAT WILL EVENTUALLY WORK SOUTH AND EAST INTO THE REGION IN THE
LATER HALF OF THE PERIOD. ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS OHIO WILL
LIKELY DISSIPATE AS IT MOVES SOUTH AND EAST. THEREFORE STILL
THINK MUCH OF THE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON WILL REMAIN DRY
ON MONDAY. OVERALL SETUP WE HAVE THE AFOREMENTIONED COLD
FRONT...WHILE THE ATTENDANT LOW PRESSURE WILL BE LOCATED WELL
NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN QUEBEC. THE 500MB LOW WILL BE LOCATED
JUST TO THE EAST OF THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN CANADA. WHILE SOME
SPOKES OF ENERGY WILL ROLE THROUGH THE LARGER CLOSED LOW THESE
WILL BE MORE PRONOUNCED ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC. THEREFORE WE WILL
BE ON THE FAR SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE BETTER LIFTING FOR ASCENT.
HOWEVER CANNOT DENY THE BOUNDARY BEING IN AND NEAR TO THE REGION
PROVIDING SOME AMOUNT OF LIFT. THAT SAID WE WILL STILL SEE
INCREASED SW FLOW IN RESPONSE THE FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO THE
REGION...THEREFORE WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL CREEP BACK IN GIVING
WAY TO A REASONABLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF
EASTERN KY. LOOKING AT FORECAST SOUNDINGS THERE IS ALSO REASONABLY
AMOUNT OF DRY MID LEVEL AIR AND STEEP 0-3 KM LAPSE RATES NEAR AND
ABOVE 8.0 C/KM IN THE AFTERNOON PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
THE I64 CORRIDOR. THIS IS LEADING TO DCAPE VALUES NEAR AND ABOVE
1000 J/KG...SO ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS DUE TO MOMENTUM TRANSFER. RIGHT NOW NOT
SOLD ON ANY SEVERE HAIL POTENTIAL GIVEN HIGHER FREEZING LEVELS AND
WARM TEMPS IN PLACE. THE WIND THREAT SEEMS MOST LIKELY GIVEN BOTH
CLIMATOLOGY AND OVERALL CIPS ANALOGS. THE FACT THAT THE BETTER
LIFT AND SUPPORT WILL BE NORTHEAST OF THE REGION SPC HAS
TRANSLATED THE SLIGHT RISK NORTHEAST OUT OF EASTERN KY...BUT AREAS
GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY REMAIN IN A
MARGINAL RISK MONDAY. THEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE
IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE AS WE MOVE INTO THE NIGHT.
.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 444 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2015
MODELS SHOW A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR THE SOUTHERN PORTION
OF THE JKL FORECAST AREA AS THE PERIOD STARTS. IT WILL BEGIN TO
LIFT NORTH TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WARM AIR ADVECTION AND GENERAL
CONVERGENCE IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT COULD LEAD TO
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS...BUT TRYING TO TIME THEM AT THIS STAGE
WOULD BE FRUITLESS. THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF RAIN APPEARS TO BE
FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...OR POSSIBLY THURSDAY
NIGHT. DURING THIS TIME...MODELS SHOW MORE SIGNIFICANT UPPER
LEVEL SUPPORT AS WAVES MOVING THROUGH AN EASTERN CONUS TROUGH
CAUSE THE TROUGH TO AMPLIFY OVER OUR AREA. MODELS AGREE ON THE
GENERAL SCENARIO... BUT NOT THE DETAILS OF THE IMPULSES TRAVELING
THROUGH. RAIN WOULD APPEAR TO BE A GOOD BET DURING THIS TIME
FRAME...BUT THE CONFIDENCE IN ANY GIVEN 12 HOUR BLOCK IS NOT
TERRIBLY HIGH. PEAK 12 HOUR POPS IN THE 50-60 PERCENT RANGE ARE
BEING USED AT THIS POINT...BUT THIS WILL PROBABLY INCREASE AT A
LATER TIME. A COLD FRONT LOOKS POISED TO MOVE THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT AND ALLOW A DRIER AIR MASS TO TRY TO MOVE IN. HOWEVER...
MODELS HAVE SHOWN SOME INCONSISTENCY CONCERNING HOW LONG THE UPPER
TROUGH HANGS OVER THE AREA AT THE END OF THE WEEK. HAVE HELD ONTO
SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE WEEKEND UNTIL THE SCENARIO BECOMES
MORE CLEAR.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 725 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2015
BROAD AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN CONTROL OF TAF SITES
THROUGH TONIGHT. THE CAVEAT OF COURSE TO THAT IS THE POSSIBILITY
OF FOG OVERNIGHT INTO THE DAWN HOURS MONDAY. THEREFORE LEANED
TOWARD GUIDANCE AND PERSISTENCE OVERNIGHT BRINGING IFR VIS INTO
SME AND MVFR VIS INTO SYM/SJS. OTHER SITES LOOK TO BE OKAY WITH
BEST FOG PRODUCTION ACROSS RIVER VALLEYS AND NEAR LARGER BODIES OF
WATER. THIS WILL LIFT BY AROUND 12Z AT TAF SITES...THEN ALL SITES
LOOK TO HOLD VFR THROUGH THE REST OF THE TAF PERIOD. THE NEXT
WEATHER MAKER MAKES IT/S APPEARANCE LATE IN THE PERIOD AND GIVEN
THE FACT THAT IT WILL BE MOVING IN THE THE NW OPTED TO ADD VCTS BY
21Z AT SYM. OVERALL EXPECTING WINDS TO REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH THE
TAF PERIOD AT ALL THE TAF SITES...HOWEVER MONDAY AFTERNOON WE
COULD SEE SOME GUSTS OF 10 TO 15 KTS OUT OF THE WSW AHEAD OF THE
FRONT IN THE FAR NORTH.
&&
.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
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UPDATE...DJ
SHORT TERM...DJ
LONG TERM...HAL
AVIATION...DJ